κλέμμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) and the suffix -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klém.ma/ → /ˈklem.ma/ → /ˈkle.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klém.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈklem.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈklem.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈklem.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.ma/

Noun

κλέμμᾰ • (klémmă) n (genitive κλέμμᾰτος); third declension

1. thing stolen
2. theft
3. stratagem in war

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κλέμμᾰ; τοῦ κλέμμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κλέμμᾰ tò klémmă	τὼ κλέμμᾰτε tṑ klémmăte	τᾰ̀ κλέμμᾰτᾰ tằ klémmătă
Genitive	τοῦ κλέμμᾰτος toû klémmătos	τοῖν κλεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn klemmắtoin	τῶν κλεμμᾰ́των tôn klemmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κλέμμᾰτῐ tôi klémmătĭ	τοῖν κλεμμᾰ́τοιν toîn klemmắtoin	τοῖς κλέμμᾰσῐ / κλέμμᾰσῐν toîs klémmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κλέμμᾰ tò klémmă	τὼ κλέμμᾰτε tṑ klémmăte	τᾰ̀ κλέμμᾰτᾰ tằ klémmătă
Vocative	κλέμμᾰ klémmă	κλέμμᾰτε klémmăte	κλέμμᾰτᾰ klémmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κλέμμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλέμμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette